Weird Cases: A flash of injudicious behaviour

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In Philadelphia, Judge Willie F. Singletary resigned after being disciplined for showing pictures of his genitals to an unsuspecting member of the public - the second time he’d done so

The Court of Judicial Discipline in Pennsylvania has just ruled that a
Philadelphia traffic court judge brought his judicial office into disrepute
when he showed photos of his penis to a government worker.

Even though Judge Willie F. Singletary contended that he did not intend to
show photographs of his genitals on his phone to a Philadelphia Parking
Authority contractor, the Court of Judicial Discipline found that he did
mean to show the images.

Judge McCune, delivering judgment in a full court, stated: “We think that the
public – even those members of the public who register the lowest scores on